Carys Jones

Biography

Dr Carys Jones holds a PhD in Health Economics from Bangor University. After completing her PhD on quality of life measurement for family carers of people with dementia, Carys has remained at CHEME and has worked on several projects aligned to her primary research interests of dementia and aging, including:

A Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis of a visual arts intervention for people with dementia.

A cost-effectiveness analysis of self-management groups for people in the early stages of dementia.

A cost analysis of a telephone befriending scheme to prevent loneliness in older people.

A cost-utility analysis of a behaviour change intervention to promote healthy ageing and reduce risk of dementia in later life.

A cost-effectiveness analysis of a physical activity intervention for people with Huntington’s disease.

A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programmes.

Jones C, Edwards RT and Hounsome B. (2014). Qualitative exploration of the suitability of capability based instruments to measure quality of life in family carers of people with dementia. ISRN Family Medicine. Article ID 919613, doi:10.1155/2014/919613 LINK

2012

Jones C, Edwards RT and Hounsome B. (2012). A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of interventions for supporting informal caregivers of people with dementia residing in the community. International Psychogeriatrics. 24(1):6-18 DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001207 LINK

Jones C, Edwards RT and Hounsome B. (2012). Health economics research into supporting carers of people with dementia: A systematic review of outcome measures, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 10:142
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-142LINK

Published abstracts and proceedings

Jones C, Edwards RT and Windle G on behalf of the Dementia and Imagination research team. (2014). Social return on investment analysis of an art group for people with dementia. The Lancet. 384(S43). doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62169-3 LINK